I’m Sebastiaan de With.
I’m a Dutch designer living in Santa Cruz, California.
I’m currently the co-founder and designer at Lux. We make award-winning apps for photography and video like Halide, Kino, Spectre, and Orion.
I also run a small design and photography studio, with a focus on motorcycles, technology and typography. You can see some of my design work here, and photography here.
If you want to learn design and photography from me, check out my Courses & Downloads.
A while ago, I did design work for various companies like Apple, where I worked on iCloud / MobileMe and the Find My apps, as well as Sony, Mozilla, Oracle, frog design, Publicis, HP, and EA.
I also love giving talks about design — though I do it less frequently now that I’m a dad.
Besides my work, I love riding motorcycles, nature, hiking, history, nice things, reading, cooking and humanity.
Writing
Visit my writing space to read in-depth articles on technology, reviews of cameras and other products and more. Here’s some of my latest and best articles:
- Design deserves better than Figma AI
- Apple’s Intelligent Strategy
- Apple Intelligence
- Orion – From idea to launch in 45 days iPhone 15 Pro Max camera review: Depth and Reach iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: A Small Step, A Huge Leap Two and a half years, 13 countries, 1 camera: The Leica M Review
Looking for older writings? Check this post here for my old blogs and websites.
Photography
You can browse some of my photography here. I shoot mostly with iPhone + my own apps, but also Leica, Sony and various film cameras.
To see what I shoot with, check out my Gear Guide (membership required). I also post photos on Instagram.
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